Von Gadow and Pukkala’s unique Designing Green Landscapes presents the latestthinking in adaptive management for forest ecosystems. Based on the ‘multiplepath’ principle, this approach links species choice and silvicultural methodswith changing demands and changing environmental conditions, to ensure continuous adaptation, often several times within the lifetime of a tree. The ‘multiple path’ principle at the core of this approach represents a robust theoretical framework for designing forested landscapes. It provides a logical basis both for coordinating spatial objectives and for integrating varied forms of expertise; it limits planning horizons to realistic timeframes; and it allows forforecasts based on current real attributes of spatially explicit land parcels. This is in stark contrast with traditional forestry practices which simply assess the forest resource at regular time intervals and prescribe standard management schedules for specific forest types. Coordinated theme/technique High profile scientists Level of current management activity that the book addresses Need for better landscape management/planning tools and techniques INDICE: From the contents Section 1: Introduction. Section 2: Assessing the Landscape. Section 3: Numerical Analysis of Landscape Design. Section 4: Computer Graphics and Visualization.
- ISBN: 978-1-4020-6758-7
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 300
- Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés